U.S.-Poland Workshop on the Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Spatially Heterogeneous Ecological and Epidemiological Problems

这个美国-波兰合作研究奖是为了表彰将于1998年6月21日至26日在波兰扎科帕内举行的数学生物学研讨会。美国的主要研究人员是休斯顿大学的威廉·E·菲茨吉本博士和莱斯大学的马雷克·基梅尔博士。波方首席研究员是波兰科学院环境工程研究所副所长杰尔齐·戈卢博维茨博士。研讨会的目标是建立一个国际合作研究计划。研讨会将汇集来自美国的应用数学家和理论生物学家，以及来自波兰和中东欧(白俄罗斯、波希米亚、保加利亚、匈牙利、立陶宛、波兰、罗马尼亚、斯洛伐克和乌克兰)的田野生物学家、种群生物学家和环保主义者。欧洲特遣队将包括收集关于哺乳动物疾病和传播的分布和动态的实地数据的个人，以及寻求控制病原体传播的个人。该地区既包括未受破坏的自然栖息地，也包括前所未有的工业污染地区。数学建模和模拟正在成为一种日益有用的方法，用于了解病原体和疾病的传播，评估污染物的影响，预测其未来进程，并评估补救措施的充分性。这项在应用数学(数学生物学)方面的研究实现了将美国和波兰的顶尖专家聚集在一起，在平等、互惠和互利的基础上，在共同利益和能力强的领域结合互补努力和能力的计划目标。*

INT-9802770FitzgibbonThis U.S.-Polish Cooperative Research award is for a workshop on mathematical biology to be held in Zakopane, Poland, from June 21 to 26, 1998. The principal investigators for the U.S. are Dr. William E. Fitzgibbon of the University of Houston and Dr. Marek Kimmel of Rice University. The principal investigator for the Polish side is Dr. Jerzy Golubowicz, Vice Director of the Institute of Environmental Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The objective of the workshop is to establish an international collaborative research program. The workshop will bring together applied mathematicians and theoretical biologists from the U.S. with field biologists, population biologists, and environmentalists from Poland and Central Eastern Europe (Belarus, Bohemia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine). The European contingent will include individuals gathering field data on the distribution and dynamics of mammalian diseases and the spread and individuals seeking to control the spread of pathogenic organisms. The region includes both unspoiled natural habitats and areas of unprecedented industrial pollution. Mathematical modeling and simulation are becoming an increasingly useful methodology for understanding the spread of pathogens and diseases and assessing the impact of pollutants and predicting their future course and evaluating the adequacy of remedial measures. This research in applied mathematics (mathematical biology) fulfills the program objectives of bringing together leading experts in the U.S. and Poland to combine complementary efforts and capabilities in areas of strong mutual interest and competence on the basis of equality, reciprocity, and mutuality of benefit.***